'''The Freebooter of the Baltic''' (orig. Swedish ''Fribytaren på Östersjön'') published in (
1857) is an early novel by the
Swedish romantic novelist
Viktor Rydberg. The adventure is set in
17th century Sweden and is a
swashbuckling tale of
piracy on the high seas, with political overtones.
It was translated into English by
Caroline L. Broomall in
1891.
The
Project Runeberg Swedish text of this novel may be found at
[1].